I’ve fallen for the hype over the past few months or so and I plan on buying one. I’ve been looking forward to it. Part of me wanted to go ahead and pre-order. But is there any advantage? What kinds of guarantees are there, if any?

I know these things will probably be flying off the shelves...as the saying goes. Is there a chance that those who don’t per-order the camera probably won’t get it until well after the release?

The only things I’ve ever pre-ordered are albums from bands I like. And I got my tunes the same time as everybody else.

Most places will queue you up when you pre-order, so you'd be in queue to get one. Though in store stock is sometimes different to pre order stock so I've heard of people walking in store on product release and buying the product before preorders had even been mailed out.